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 Arctic Ocean
Kriegsmarine heavy cruisers Lutzow and Admiral Scheer and escorts depart Narvik to operate against convoy PQ 17
Naval operations in Arctic waters
Arctic convoys
Convoy PQ 17
Kriegsmarine heavy cruiser Lutzow and three destroyers run aground
Naval operations in Arctic waters
Arctic convoys
Convoy PQ 17
Nine RN submarines deploy to intercept Kriegsmarine surface warships
Naval operations in Arctic waters
Arctic convoys
Convoy PQ 17
Seven Soviet submarines deploy to intercept Kriegsmarine surface warships
Naval operations in Arctic waters
Arctic convoys
Convoy PQ 17
Soviet submarine D-3 lost, probably to mine
Naval operations in Arctic waters
Arctic convoys
Convoy PQ 17
Soviet submarine M-176 lost, probably to mine
Naval operations in Arctic waters
Arctic convoys
Convoy PQ 17
Russian Front
German XLVIII Panzer Korps reaches Don River near Voronezh
German summer offensive in Russia, May - November 1942
German 11th Army conducts final mopping up operations around Sevastopol
Crimea campaigns, 1941-1942
Poland
Over 100 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto executed in retaliation for civil disobedience
Germany: Occupied territories
Poland: Home front and occupation
Poland: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
Poland: The Holocaust
Warsaw ghetto
Germany
Berlin announces it will give full independence to Egypt
Germany: International relations
North Africa campaigns and the Mediterranean, 1940-1943: Politics and diplomacy
Egypt: Home front and occupation
United Kingdom
Convoy ON 109 departs Liverpool for Halifax
Atlantic convoys
Western Desert
First Battle of Alamein: Panzer Army Afrika attacks the Alamein Line
Agheila to Gazala to Alamein, 1942
First Battle of Alamein: Italian Ariete Division unsuccessfully attacks New Zealand 2nd Infantry Division and takes heavy losses
Agheila to Gazala to Alamein, 1942
Second New Zealand Division
First Battle of Alamein: Desert Air Force provides strong air support to 8th Army
Agheila to Gazala to Alamein, 1942
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Egyptian Liberation Movement leaders meet with Rommel
North Africa campaigns and the Mediterranean, 1940-1943: Politics and diplomacy
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Libya
US MEAF B-24 bombers attack Tobruk
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Atlantic Ocean
US vessel Alexander Macomb sunk by U-215
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
U-215 sunk by Free French escort Le Tigre off Nova Scotia
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Panamanian vessel San Pablo sunk by U-161
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Canada
Convoy SC 90 departs Sydney, Nova Scotia for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Aleutian Islands
US 11th Air Force bombers attack Kiska Island
North Pacific Area operations, 1941-1945
Air operations in the North Pacific Area, 1941-1945
IJN seaplane carriers Kamikawa Maru and Kimikawa Maru damaged by US 11th Air Force B-24s off Agattu Island
North Pacific Area operations, 1941-1945
Naval operations in the North Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Air operations in the North Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Fujisan Maru damaged by US 11th Air Force B-24 bombers off Agattu Island
North Pacific Area operations, 1941-1945
Naval operations in the North Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Air operations in the North Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Solomon Islands
Japanese troops land at Kieta on Bougainville Island to track down Allied coastwatchers
Solomon Islands campaign and the South Pacific, 1942 - 1945
Coastwatchers in the south Pacific
China
USAAF B-25 bombers attack Nanchang
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Dates are local to the time zone in which the event occurred, but discrepancies and inconsistencies abound throughout the sources,
especially when events ocurred shortly before or after midnight.Entries on file for this date: 25
Total entries on file: 60,291
Updated: 21:34 Pacific Time on 15 May 2013
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Alden. U.S. Submarine Attacks during World War II
Argyle. Chronology of World War II
Brown. Warship Losses of World War Two
Browning. US Merchant Vessel Casualties of World War II
Carter and Mueller. Combat Chronology, 1941-1945
Cressman. The Official Chronology of the US Navy in World War II
Edelheit and Edelheit. A World in Turmoil
Foreman. Fighter Command War Diaries (five volumes)
Goralski. World War II Almanac, 1931-1945
Hague. The Allied Convoy System
Hammel. Air War Europa
Hammel. Air War Pacific
Hauner. Hitler: A Chronology of His Life and Time
Kay. Chronology: New Zealand in the War, 1939-1946
Middlebrook and Everitt. Bomber Command War Diaries
Niestle. German U-Boat Losses during World War II
Rohwer. Allied Submarine Attacks of World War Two
Rohwer. Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two
Rohwer. Chronology of the War at Sea
Salmaggi and Pallavisini. 2194 Days of War
Sommerville. World War II Day by Day
Swain. A Chronology of Australian Armed Forces at War, 1939-45
Taylor. Barbarossa to Berlin (two volumes)
Williams. Chronology, 1941-1945
Young. Britain's Sea War
Various other Chronology volumes also served as sources.
Many additional volumes were consulted for specific topics.
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